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In five languages (English, Mandarin, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian) and two U.S. printing, “Newsonomics: Twelve Trends That Will Shape the News You Get” is the first Ken Doctor book. Sign up here for notice of the new Newsonomics Readers.

“Newsonomics Of” Columns, from Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab

Cigar maker. Elevator operator. Pinsetter. Iceman. Lamplighter. Switchboard operator. Local daily newspaper reporter? How soon will we have to add this once-stable occupation to the list of jobs that once were — occupations once numerous that ...

Is Nikkei the new Axel Springer of Asia? Is $1.3 billion as ridiculous a price as the $5 billion Rupert Murdoch paid for Dow Jones? How did the turn from Berlin to Tokyo happen in 15 minutes? Will Japanese lessons be the first order of business ...

Updated post on Nikkei’s purchase of the FT Complete archive of Newsonomics FT coverage If you wanted to buy a top business news publisher, which one would you choose? Assuming the marketplace offered you choice, would you go ...

Membership. That’s the keyword Atlantic Media uses to explain last week’s decision to pull the plug on the middle-aged (46) National Journal, long an emblem of the knowing D.C. political trade. “At its core, it’s a loyalty strategy,” says Tim ...

It’s the awful story that keeps on giving. Dodging for now the death threat that comes from Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit, Gawker freakishly made new serial news in midsummer. In so doing, the almost anachronistic site both exposes a raw nerve of ...

There’s bootstrap, and there’s “bootstrap plus.” Bootstrap plus is what digital media entrepreneur Rafat Ali calls his Skift modus operandi. Three years ago, he set out to raise about $4 to $5 million to build his second start-up, a ...